There are two things that you may wish to consider regarding your exam:
The content of your response:
It is important that you are familiar with your prescribed texts, including a range of quotes and techniques used within each text. This will support your analysis in addition to the links you establish between your ideas, the relevant themes presented by Module A that are highlighted within each text and the unseen question. You may be required to adapt/change the content of your response depending on the actual question, which is why it would be a good idea to attempt a number of practice questions that will simultaneously enable you to support your knowledge of your prescribed texts. You may wish to attempt the following questions:
- How have the differences in form shaped the relationship between two texts? Make detailed reference to the prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
- Assess how the genre conventions of one text have influenced another. Refer to a pair of prescribed texts you studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
- How important is a composer’s purpose to understanding intertextual connections? Make detailed reference to the prescribed texts you have studied in Module A: Textual Conversations.
Time allocation:
It is also important that you are able to write your response within the time allocation (which also constitutes good preparation for your trial and HSC exam). Doing so may require practice, so that you can ensure that you can write your response within 40 minutes on the day. If you choose to memorise an already prepared essay/analysis and adjust it according to the unseen question, you may wish to practise writing your analysis within 40 minutes. Otherwise, you could attempt general and text-specific Module A questions (including those I included above) in order to support the notion of maximum knowledge of your prescribed texts. If preparation time is not a concern, you may choose to do both for maximised preparation.
I hope this helps!
